Re: [orca-list] Question about installing Gnome on Archlinux

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

The quick instructions (shouldn't really differ from the docs).

Install the following (may install more than you want but should get 
everything required): xorg, gnome gnome-extra xorg-video-drivers 
xorg-input-drivers gamin
The following command should do that:
pacman -S xorg gnome gnome-extra xorg-video-drivers xorg-input-drivers gamin

Ensure the things you want to start at boot up are added to the daemons 
array in the /etc/rc.conf file. You need hal for detection of hardware 
like USB drives, you want gdm for graphical login. The daemons array is 
the line beginning
DAEMONS=(
put the required daemons between the open and close brackets on that 
line (I put hal and gdm after network and with hal first).

If you want a non-US keymap in gnome then copy the file 
/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi to 
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ and then edit the file searching for ">us<" 
(without the quote marks). Change the us to whatever your country code 
is (NOTE: It may differ from that for the text console, the British 
layout for text console is uk but in this file it should be gb).

Optionally set gnome to auto login after a length of time, so in 
/etc/gdm/custom.conf make sure the following block appears (NOTE: some 
of this might already exist, my system had the section headings).
[daemon]
TimedLoginEnable=true
TimedLogin=mike
TimedLoginDelay=5

Where I put "mike" in the above change it for your username and where I 
give 5 on the TimedLoginDelay line change it to whatever number of 
seconds you want before auto login.

Now this is where I got stuck, start gnome and try and start orca, it 
didn't work as smooth as it should for me. May be try and run orca in 
text mode in a text console to set it up. Where orca did work for me was 
in a gnome-terminal, so try that if everything else fails (unfortunately 
getting orca running in gnome terminal does rely on you typing correct 
to get gnome-terminal, etc).

Good luck, I'll be interested to know if everything just works for you 
or if you also hit problems.

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, Christian wrote:
> Hi all,
> OK, so I will be installing Arch later tonight and going to use the Speakup CD in this case and install 
> BRLTTY afterwards.
> Going to follow the beginners guide when installing X and Gnome. Just a quick quesiton if there's anything I  
> should keep in mind when installing this?
> I know that Michael is working on a podcast on this thing, but was just wondering if there are any special 
> things I should be aware of as a blind user when installing this.
> Many thanks,
> Christian
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